Mysterious Codes – Passenger Manifest Letters and Numbers
April 25 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
“Mysterious Codes – Passenger Manifest Letters and Numbers” with Christine Cohen
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Networking at 10 a.m.
Virtual Meeting
What do those letters, numbers, stamps, and pencil marks mean on Immigration Passenger Manifests? Does your ancestor have the letter “D” or “X” next to their name? Do you know what V/L, # 404, USB, Transit, CL, N.O.B, C/A, LPC, SI, NQIV, BSI, PV or C-XXXXX mean? We will learn if and when to contact the US National Archives or USCIS to get more genealogical information from these codes. Plus, what insight we can learn about your ancestor’s immigration experience based on these notations.
Christine’s interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series “Roots”. Her enthusiasm was piqued when she was given a typed pedigree chart, commissioned by her maternal grandfather, of her Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1650’s.
She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Daughters of the Revolution and the Society of Holland Dames.
The native Californian is a graduate of UCLA in Political Science and has recently retired to pursue her genealogy interest full time.